Margaret Ekpo International Airport

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Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Calabar Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/Operator Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN)
Serves Calabar, Nigeria
Elevation  AMSL 210 ft / 64 m
Coordinates 4°58′33″N8°20′50″E / 4.97583°N 8.34722°E / 4.97583; 8.34722
Map
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CBQ
Location of the airport in Nigeria
Margaret Ekpo International Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
03/212,4508,038Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers189,908
Passenger change 14–15Decrease2.svg6.9%
Sources: FAAN [1] WAD [2] GCM [3]

Margaret Ekpo International Airport( IATA : CBQ, ICAO : DNCA), also known as Calabar Airport, is an airport serving Calabar, the capital of the Cross River State in Nigeria. The airport is named after Margaret Ekpo, who was one of Nigeria's pioneering feminist and anticolonial activists. It was commissioned in 1983 by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, then president of Nigeria. [4]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aero Contractors Abuja, Lagos
Air Peace Abuja, Lagos
Ibom Air Abuja, Lagos

Statistics

These data show the number of passengers' movements into the airport, according to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria's Aviation Sector Summary Reports.

Year20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Passengers136,153167,767207,542273,586316,736281,935153,068206,168198,157204,036189,908
Growth (%)Decrease2.svg 4.40%Increase2.svg23.22%Increase2.svg23.71%Increase2.svg31.82%Increase2.svg15.77%Decrease2.svg10.99%Decrease2.svg45.71%Increase2.svg34.69%Decrease2.svg 3.89%Increase2.svg 2.97%Decrease2.svg 6.92%
Source: Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Aviation Sector Reports (2010-2013, [5] 2014, [6] Q3-Q4 of 2015, [7] and Q1-Q2 of 2016 [8] )

See also

References

  1. ↑ Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN): Margaret Ekpo International Airport - Calabar
  2. ↑ "Airport information for DNCA". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  3. ↑ Airport information for CBQ at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ "Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar". Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
  5. ↑ Passenger Only Aviation Data Report 2010-13 to Q1 2014
  6. ↑ Aviation Sector Summary Report Q4 2014 - Q1 2015
  7. ↑ NIGERIA AVIATION SECTOR Q3-Q4 2015 REPORT
  8. ↑ Nigerian Aviation Sector Summary Report: Q1-Q2 2016



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